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by Bagheera
Mon May 22, 2017 10:23 pm
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels
Replies: 544
Views: 118522

Re: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels

This logic does not compute for me. How is having a plot full of people and structures making mistakes inherently bad? Again, I fail to see the objectivity behind all this. No one ever said making mistakes was inherently bad. It's only bad when your plot requires that everyone make obvious mistakes...
by Bagheera
Mon May 22, 2017 10:00 pm
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels
Replies: 544
Views: 118522

Re: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels

There's another theme of the movie: even the gods and the powers that be aren't perfect. David is disappointed by his creators, the same way Halloway and Shaw are disappointed by theirs. Those with power wield it because they can, and they create because they can. But being a creator doesn't make o...
by Bagheera
Mon May 22, 2017 9:28 pm
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels
Replies: 544
Views: 118522

Re: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels

The capitalists in this franchise haven't exactly been shown to be competent either. Who says they're any better at their jobs than the scientists? Another huge part of this movie is using power simply because you can, and not because it's entirely understood. Weylin himself had a deadline consider...
by Bagheera
Mon May 22, 2017 9:14 pm
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels
Replies: 544
Views: 118522

Re: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels

In that case, I did not find Millburn's actions to be out of character. Again, he may have been a biologist with a degree, but that doesn't guarantee common sense, especially in the field. It should have, given that he was selected for a high profile mission by people who have the resources to hire...
by Bagheera
Mon May 22, 2017 8:53 pm
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels
Replies: 544
Views: 118522

Re: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels

This is where you and I disagree then. An idiot ball is a plot device like any other, sometimes used brilliantly, and other times just used. The usage of an idiot ball in of itself does not make something bad, and therefore cannot be used as an objective measurement. It is generally not possible fo...
by Bagheera
Mon May 22, 2017 8:36 pm
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels
Replies: 544
Views: 118522

Re: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels

Are these things, such as the hammerpede scene, still objectively bad if I enjoyed them and didn't mind the idiot ball that needed to be carried to make it happened? If you're acknowledging that an idiot ball was needed to make them happen, then yes. The fact that it's objectively bad does not have...
by Bagheera
Mon May 22, 2017 7:12 pm
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels
Replies: 544
Views: 118522

Re: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels

Every minor flaw people bitch about in Prometheus has been debated to death yet people will still make ridiculous claims like "It's an objectively bad movie. A lot of the stuff people bitch about in Prometheus is objectively bad. You brought up the hammerpede, and it is perhaps the best exampl...
by Bagheera
Sun May 21, 2017 12:07 pm
Forum: Completely and Utterly Off-Topic
Topic: News [NO POLITICS]
Replies: 582
Views: 161172

Re: News [NO POLITICS]

A reminder that important new discoveries can still be made in areas thought to have been well known: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/when-scientists-saw-the-mouse-heads-glowing-they-knew-the-discovery-was-big/2017/05/19/f33cc574-246a-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html So thes...
by Bagheera
Sun May 21, 2017 1:27 am
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: Terminator - Genisys (2015)
Replies: 170
Views: 40514

Re: Terminator - Genisys (2015)



Oh, dear gods. The guy is pushing 70, what the hell?
by Bagheera
Sat May 20, 2017 10:48 pm
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: Hikari and Kensuke
Replies: 15
Views: 6988

Re: Hikari and Kensuke

StrokeMeGoat#861044 wrote:This scene happens at the beginning of ep. 23, before Asuka fails to initialize her Eva against Armisael. Maybe my memory is a bit off, but she technically isn't dismissed from NERV until after that point.


I sit corrected!
by Bagheera
Sat May 20, 2017 11:43 am
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels
Replies: 544
Views: 118522

Re: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels

^Of course, the flip side to that runs something like this: Prometheus fanboys are unwilling or unable to see the flaws in their beloved movie, and they dismiss any and all criticism leveled at it no matter how legitimate or well-supported. They've decided the movie is the greatest thing ever and si...
by Bagheera
Sat May 20, 2017 4:28 am
Forum: Completely and Utterly Off-Topic
Topic: These Moons Were Made For Walking (Weird Image Thread 8)
Replies: 1517
Views: 315943

Re: These Moons Were Made For Walking (Weird Image Thread 8)

pwhodges#861014 wrote:
Colours and their names designed by a neural network trained using real colour cards:  SPOILER: Show
Image

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/an-ai-invented-a-bunch-of-new-paint-colors-that-are-hilariously-wrong/


I'm surprised at how muted and bland they all are.
by Bagheera
Fri May 19, 2017 7:23 pm
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: C.T.1290 versus Asuka. Examining the good and bad.
Replies: 402
Views: 80550

Re: What are some of the good traits you can say about Asuka?

So what are some of the positive things you can say about her? She's brilliant and beautiful and proud and defiant and fierce. She isn't particularly nice, but I don't care -- I appreciate her as a character, not as a life partner. And I honestly feel bad for anyone who can't see any value in a per...
by Bagheera
Fri May 19, 2017 7:11 pm
Forum: Evangelion TV Series + EoE Discussion
Topic: Misato as Nerv Tactical Operations Officer
Replies: 28
Views: 7659

Re: Misato as Nerv Tactical Operations Officer

If a virus invades your computer, do you call a tactical general or an IT technician? If I'm in the military I call my CO and do what he tells me to do. Mind you, with policy being what it is I have a pretty good idea what he'll tell me to do, but I run it by him first since he's in charge. That's ...
by Bagheera
Fri May 19, 2017 3:00 pm
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels
Replies: 544
Views: 118522

Re: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels

^ Well that was kind've the point. The original Alien was essentially meant to be one big excuse to have a Slasher Movie set in space. You've got the standard Hollywood Slasher movie formula. A bunch of everyday ordinary people in isolation, each person of a differing personality, they accidentally...
by Bagheera
Fri May 19, 2017 10:11 am
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: Star Trek
Replies: 281
Views: 108917

Re: Star Trek

I have no issue with the uniforms, since they look like actual military uniforms. I appreciated Enterprise for giving the crew uniforms that seemed halfway plausible, just as I appreciated the TOS movies which likewise at least gave lip service to something resembling a dress uniform. But the fact i...
by Bagheera
Fri May 19, 2017 1:40 am
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: Godzilla & Kaiju General!
Replies: 618
Views: 145795

Re: Godzilla & Kaiju General!

Sally Hawkins will return for KOM. (personally I wanted the sequel to follow Wantanbe & her but am content with her returning as a side character) Watanabe was completely wasted in the first film, so I can't blame him for giving the sequel a pass. Hopefully Hawkins will be able to do something ...
by Bagheera
Fri May 19, 2017 1:37 am
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels
Replies: 544
Views: 118522

Re: [Film] Prometheus + Sequels

I'm sitting in the car outside the theater. Wow that was not good, at all. Okay Chuck, what have you done recently to warrant punishing yourself in this fashion? Talk to old Bags here, we'll work something out before you do something more drastic. ( :wink: Kidding, but look on the bright side -- at...
by Bagheera
Fri May 19, 2017 1:33 am
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: Star Trek
Replies: 281
Views: 108917

Re: Star Trek

Oh, come now. There isn't enough material there to judge the quality of the writing, and the look of it is anything but cheap (quite the opposite, in fact). I had a "Wait, what?" reaction to the Klingons myself, same as everyone else, but apart from that it looks like an interesting show. ...
by Bagheera
Thu May 18, 2017 3:37 pm
Forum: Film and Video
Topic: [Film] The Trailers & Upcoming Films Thread
Replies: 1028
Views: 215405

Re: [Film] The Trailers & Upcoming Films Thread

silvermoonlight#860917 wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGzVYyV_Jsg

The Dark Crystal prequel series is coming out on Netflix and there creating it with puppets ^_^


Yay!

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